Jamie L Ferguson

US Patent:

20170077684, Mar 16, 2017

Filed:

Feb 22, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/050001

Inventors:

Steve Powell - Lee's Summit MO, US
Jamie Allen Ferguson - Agency MO, US
Steve Kulcsar - Lee's Summit MO, US

International Classification:

H02G 1/04

Abstract:

A cable guide actuator apparatus is disclosed for guiding a conductor cable onto a wheel assembly, the actuator apparatus including a framework operatively coupled to the wheel assembly. A pair of roller assemblies is pivotally coupled to respective ends of the framework, each having a roller member capable of maintaining the conductor cable in the groove of the wheel assembly. Each roller assembly is pivotally movable between a deployed configuration at which roller members are adjacent the groove and a released configuration at displaced from the groove. A locking assembly extends between the pair of roller assemblies and is selectively movable between a locked configuration that maintains the pair of roller assemblies at the deployed configuration and an unlocked configuration that allows movement to the released configuration. The roller assemblies are biased toward the released configuration when the locking assembly is unlocked. The locking assembly may be unlocked remotely.